On Saturday, September 18th, the Army West Point Black Knights will host the Hawaii Rainbow Warriors for the fourth meeting in the two programs history. The kick-off time set for 12:00 PM EDT and will be televised on ESPN+ streaming live from historical Michie Stadium in West Point, New York. The two teams last met in 2013 in Honolulu where the Black Knights were outgunned by the Warriors by a score of 49-42 covering a 5.5-point line as the chalk. The Warriors have won all three fixtures dating back to 2003.
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Hawaii Rainbow Warriors at Army West Point Black Knights Overview
Hawaii Rainbow Warriors
The Warriors come in off yet another win to catapult Hawaii out to an astounding 3-0 start. In their latest venture, Hawaii defeated visiting Rice at home by a score of 43-29 last Saturday. Though Hawaii won the game by convincing fashion, they failed to cover a 17.5-point line in the process. Previous to this, Hawaii capsized Colorado State at home as a 17.5-point pup and followed this up with a win at home against Army’s arch nemesis Navy.
Army West Point Black Knights
After getting rolled by Duke in their opening game, the Black Knights responded with an impressive home win against Liberty last week when they smashed the Flames by a score of 38-14. In doing so, the Black Knights covered a 7.5-point line. As we have entailed previously, there is a lot of optimism in West Point after Army comes in off its first 10-win season in over 20 years.
Reasons To Back Army
From a match-up perspective, the Black Knights have a prime opportunity to put up points and undermine Hawaii’s potent aerial offense in one foul swoop. The Warriors rank 100th in the country against the run (196.3 yards per game) while surrendering 34.7 points per game (108th nationally). When you consider that the Black Knights’ vaunted option rushing attack has fostered an eighth-ranked nationally 308.5 yards per game, Army can keep Hawaii’s offense off the field and control the clock.
Reasons To Avoid Hawaii
The stock on Hawaii is through the ceiling and as a result, the public will quite inclined to back the Warriors here who are undefeated with the points as it seems irresistible. However, it is too good to be true. In addition to the match-up working against Hawaii, we would be remiss to highlight that Hawaii will be traveling 6,000 miles across six time zones to play this game at an early start, as well. As a result, the Warriors will be out of whack, and their offense which is their bread and butter could be out of sync. Given the fact the Alohas live and die by their attack, they can find themselves in boiling water here.
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